Tag: Cemetery

• Lifting the First Stones, Lifting Their Names at Seay Chapel’s Black Cemetery

  

  Three slightly obsessed souls, a homemade tripod, and a hill of almost-forgotten burials: at Seay Chapel we scrub stone, lift names, and fight gravity, proving a small crew with a crazy dedication to the dead can still change how a community remembers its own before they vanish beneath silence.

  Trix’s Trax

  November 8, 2025

  About Us, Stories Beneath the Stones

  African American, Alexandria, cemeteries, Cemetery, Chapel, dekalb, family, genealogy, history, preservation, travel

• Honoring Forgotten Souls at Alexandria Historic Cemeteries District

  

  The Alexandria Historic Cemetery District honors the forgotten lives of 400 to 500 souls at the African American Cemetery, where only 59 gravestones remain. Efforts are underway to memorialize these individuals, including creating stones for unmarked graves, with community donations vital for the project’s success.

  Trix’s Trax

  September 17, 2025

  Eastview Cemetery, Fund Raising, Main Page, Project Plan Updates, Seay Cemetery

  African American, Alexandria, cemeteries, Cemetery, dekalb, family, history, travel

• The Unmarked Legacy of Malachi and Julia Berry: Love, Service, and Struggle in Post-Slavery Tennessee

  

  Buried in the quiet soil of Seay Chapel Cemetery lies the nearly forgotten legacy of Malachi and Julia Berry—an enslaved man who may have fought for freedom in the Civil War and the wife who spent decades battling for his recognition. Their story weaves through war, injustice, and resilience, revealing a powerful glimpse into the…

  Trix’s Trax

  June 22, 2025

  Seay Cemetery, Stories Beneath the Stones

  African American, Alexandria, ancestry, Cemetery, dekalb, family-history, genealogy, history, preservation

• Remembering Alexandria’s Civil War Past: A Tale of Two Colonels

  

  Divided by war, united in memory—Alexandria’s Civil War story lives on through Confederate and Union leaders buried side by side, freed communities rising in Cedar Hill, and a young W.E.B. Du Bois teaching nearby.

  Trix’s Trax

  May 20, 2025

  About Us

  African American, Alexandria, books, cemeteries, Cemetery, Chapel, civil-war, dekalb, genealogy, history, military, preservation, travel

• What is in a name? Stories beneath the stones…

  

  The Seay Chapel Cemetery, once a gathering place for worship and remembrance, is now a resting place for potentially 500 African American individuals. Some lived their entire life in slavery, others were born into slavery and found freedom in their lifetimes. Others were born free, but lived in a world that did not always treat…

  Trix’s Trax

  May 9, 2025

  Main Page, Seay Cemetery, Seay Chapel, Stories Beneath the Stones

  African American, Alexandria, cemeteries, Cemetery, Chapel, dekalb, genealogy, history, preservation, travel

• Welcome to the Alexandria Historic Cemeteries District: A Journey Through History, Heritage, and Hope

  Tucked away in the quiet heart of Alexandria, Tennessee lies a sacred collection of spaces where history breathes beneath the trees, and stories live on in weathered stones and quiet paths. The Alexandria Historic Cemeteries District is more than a preservation project — it’s a community-led commitment to restoring dignity, celebrating heritage, and honoring the…

  Trix’s Trax

  April 19, 2025

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  African American, Alexandria, Cemetery, Chapel, dekalb, genealogy, history, preservation